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I wrote this up about a week ago elsewhere, but given the sheer number of people struggling I feel I ought to at least post it publicly as well. I'm not saying the fight should be made easier, only that it might be more enjoyable with an additional skill-based mechanic added into it:
So, I think I might have an idea that would make everyone happy. The devs don't want to make Zhamla weaker on Hard Mode because, it's Hard Mode. You're there for the difficulty. People are angry because they have no healing, every bit of damage counts. But there's a mechanic in the game that has been in for about... 8 years now? One that no one ever really uses intentionally, to the point where not even the wiki lists it. The Flying Fortress Perfect Guard screen doesn't even mention it, leaving it completely undocumented. Because it doesn't ever matter. (Even though, if the schoolhouse had a book on PGing it might be mentioned there, or if Master Ji had some shield lessons it might come up there...) After you Perfect Guard, you can do one of three things:
It also lets you be able to tell people who want to heal that they're on hard mode - perfect guarding is required
I don't think it would... completely snuff out the frustrations, but it's a way to add another mechanic to the fight without taking anything away. A skill-based mechanic, which seems more than fair.
So, I think I might have an idea that would make everyone happy. The devs don't want to make Zhamla weaker on Hard Mode because, it's Hard Mode. You're there for the difficulty. People are angry because they have no healing, every bit of damage counts. But there's a mechanic in the game that has been in for about... 8 years now? One that no one ever really uses intentionally, to the point where not even the wiki lists it. The Flying Fortress Perfect Guard screen doesn't even mention it, leaving it completely undocumented. Because it doesn't ever matter. (Even though, if the schoolhouse had a book on PGing it might be mentioned there, or if Master Ji had some shield lessons it might come up there...) After you Perfect Guard, you can do one of three things:
- Charge a skill to Silver.
- Guarantee the next melee attack is a crit.
- Instantly drink a potion.
- Option A) You can only drink your health potion immediately after perfect guarding, using the instant drink mechanic. Too fast for Zhamla to grab it. Zhamla usually attacks multiple times, so landing the perfect guard on the last attack in a combo will likely be required to use it without getting hit for doing so.
- Option B) Each time you want to use your health potion, you need a minimum perfect guard combo that is one higher than the number of times you have used your health potion in battle. Have you used your health potion twice? You need a Perfect Guard combo of 3.
It also lets you be able to tell people who want to heal that they're on hard mode - perfect guarding is required